Maps of gospel witness in France


The first map shows the number of evangelical churches of any description per department.

The second shows the number of churches per 10 000 inhabitants in 1970

The third shows the number of churches per department that belong to the FEF (kind of like Affinity)

The fourth shows the number of churches per 10 000 inhabitants in 2004.

1 gospel church per 10 000 people has been assumed as a reasonable kind of level of gospel witness..

It shows firstly how much progress has been made since 1970! But then, think of the number of churches in your town/county in Britain (I think of Flintshire) to remind you of the enormous amount of work that remains to be done here.

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Anonymous said…
These are fantastic - thanks for posting them! More reasons to pray for France! Much appreciated.
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